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marmar

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Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:59 AM Monday

How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights


(Guardian UK) The US supreme court will consider state bans on transgender athletes on Tuesday in a major LGBTQ+ rights legal battle that could have far-reaching consequences beyond youth sports.

The court is hearing oral arguments in two cases brought by trans students who challenged Republican-backed laws in West Virginia and Idaho prohibiting trans girls from participating in girls’ athletic programs.

Those bans were both previously blocked by federal courts, but the states appealed to the supreme court, which is hearing a case on trans people’s access to sports for the first time. If the court’s conservative supermajority sides with the states and upholds the bans, the rulings could have significant ripple effects, paving the way for the enforcement of a range of anti-LGBTQ+ policies.

If the rulings are broad, civil rights advocates warn, the supreme court could make it easier for lawmakers and school officials to ban trans students’ access to appropriate bathrooms and facilities, restrict LGBTQ+ youth’s ability to use chosen names and pronouns, enforce strict dress codes, limit protections against anti-LGBTQ+ harassment, and further deny access to accurate identification documents. .................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/12/trans-athletes-supreme-court-lgbtq-rights






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How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights (Original Post) marmar Monday OP
I hate to say this, but the RW, MAGA, and "Xian" R have been pretty successful in hlthe2b Monday #1

hlthe2b

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1. I hate to say this, but the RW, MAGA, and "Xian" R have been pretty successful in
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 11:13 AM
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getting a fair amount of the populace who have been fairly tolerant and even supportive of LGBT rights in the past to see this as a separate issue. I know this from my own "Gun-Control," "No Kings," and other related protest friends and acquaintances. Some have drawn a line and that line is far closer to where the RW would like to see it than you'd think--to the point where I have ceased talking about the issue with them.

Don't kill the messenger, but this is my honest appraisal right now. Honestly, I think we would have been better off if we'd insisted that this determination (the athletic portion, at least) must remain with the athletic overseeing bodies (e.g., NCAA, Olympic and other governing authorities) for NOW, given THEY are easier to pressure for a reassessment than when political government gets involved. The former are certainly not free from political pressure or making ridiculous regulations, but the pressure does come from both sides and they (athletic governing bodies) are typically more amenable to data and science driven reassessments that our or any nation's political ideology (and bigotry)-driven policies.

Bottom line, I think there is going to be a need to "regroup," and "re-strategize" after what I strongly believe will be an unfavorable ruling from SCOTUS. That means legally, politically, legislatively, but most of all with population education.

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